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E. BAILEY, SHEARS 0R SGISSORS.

v No.576,938.' PatentedFeb Q, 1897.

zzi f un I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELI BAILEY, OF KEOKUK, IOIVA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OFTWO-THIRDS TO SARAH BAILEY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHEARSOR SCISSORS SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0.576,938, dated February 9, 1897.

Application filed November 16,1896. Serial No. 612,246. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELI BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Keokuk, in the county of Lee, State of Iowa, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Shears or Scissors, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of shears orscissors wherein there is a lever applied to the pivot-pin, one end ofwhich rests upon one of the blades and the other end of which isprovided with means for adjusting it so as to bind the two bladestogether with more or less pressure.

The object of my present invention is to provide the lever with a simpledevice by which it is secured to the pivot-pin, and a device that willalways accompany the lever and not be liable to be lost.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I shows in elevation a pair of shears or scissors with myinvention applied. Fig. II is an enlarged detail side view. Fig. III isan enlarged transverse section taken on line III III, Fig. I. Fig. IV isa detail view showing the central part of one of the blades, and Fig. Vis a similar view showing the central part of the other blade.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents one of the blades of the shearsor scissors, and 2 the other blade. 3 represents the pivot-pin, providedat one end with a head t and at the other end with a perforation or hole5. 6 represents a lever, preferably made of spring steel, and which isprovided with a perforation to receive the hole end of the pin 3. Oneend of this lever is turned down, as shown at 7, Fig. II, and bearsagainst the blade 2 forward of the pivot 3. The other end of the leveris provided with a recess 8 to receive the inner end of the thumb-screw9, that is passed through the handle part ofthe blade 2 back of thepivot.

I have shown my invention applied to a pair of shears or scissors havingthe raised bearing-surfaces set forth in my Patent No. 524, 67 3, datedAugust 14, 1894, and I have also shown in the drawings one of thesebearingsurfaces extended forward of the pivot, as set forth in myapplication filed October 21, 1896, Serial No. 609,568.

10 represents a hook pivoted to the lever 6, preferably by having aninturned end 11 riveted in an opening formed in the lever, as shown inFig. II. The point of this hook is adapted to fit in the perforation 5of the pin 3, and thus hold the lever 6 into engagement with the pin.

WVhen it is desired to separate the blades to clean or sharpen them, thehook 10 is simply swung back on its pivot out of engagement with theperforation 5 and remains connected to the lever, so that there is nodanger of its becoming mislaid or lost, and the body of the hook forms aconvenient leverage, against which the finger may be pressed todisengage the point of the hook from the pin. After the blades have beencleaned or sharpened, the pivot-pin is slipped in place, the leverapplied, the hook caused to engage the perforation in the pin, and theset-screw 9 tightened to give the proper friction between the blades.

I claim as my invention 1. In a pair of shears or scissors, thecombination with the blades of a pivot-pin or pintle provided with aperforation, a lever adapted to fit over the pin and to bear at one endagainst one of the blades forward of the pin, means for adjusting theother end of the lever, and a hook pivoted to the lever and parallelthrewith and the point of which is adapted to enter the perforation inthe pin, substantially as set forth.

2. In a pair of shears or scissors, the combination of the blades, apivot-pin provided at one end with a perforation and at the other endwith a head, a lever adapted to fit over the pin, a set-screw fortightening one end of the lever, and a hook arranged parallel with thelever having an inturned end riveted into a perforation in one end ofthe lever and the point of which is adapted to fit in the perforation ofthe pin, substantially as set forth.

ELI BAILEY.

I11 presence of E. S. KNIGHT,

N. FINLEY.

